Statue of communist leader razed in Tripura

Agartala, July 26 (IANS) The statue of Tripura’s iconic communist leader Baidyanath Majumder was knocked down by miscreants in northern Tripura late on Wednesday night, the police said.

“We came to know that the statue of Baidyanath Majumder was demolished Thursday early morning. We are looking for the culprits. None has been arrested,” Unakoti district police chief Lucky Chauhan told IANS over phone from district headquarters Kailashahar.

Former Education and Law Minister Tapan Chakraborty, a senior leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), blamed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists.

“We have complained to the police in writing. The police know the criminals. Yet they did nothing to save the statue of the most popular mass leader,” Chakraborty said.